I had an email this morning from a great lady from Penarth who asked if I would be able to help her fundraise for her chosen charity by donating a raffle prize - happy to oblige, especially for such a good cause.
Rachel Dickens from Penarth is running the Virgin London Marathon this year, something I would love to be able to do but never have. After completing the Cardiff Half Marathon in October she has bitten the bullet and thrown herself, full throttle into this world famous event. Rachel running in aid of the UK charity, Shelter who do some amazing work with people who are homeless and suffering as a result of bad housing.
Rachel says, "More than 71,000 children in the UK woke up this Christmas in temporary accommodation, which I feel is unacceptable!
"I work for a community mental health team in Barry and see the first hand the difficulties faced by people in poor accommodation and it's sad to say that most are affected by some form of disability. "
I like to support local charities as much as I can but Rachel's story really hit home as I too have some experience of working with disadvantaged communities and know how hard it is to fundraise, especially in these hard times. I am proud to say that I have completed two treks in the last few years, one to Sri Lanka where we helped Tsunami victims rebuild their community and the other, an arduous trek through the Andes in Peru - raising almost £6,000 on the way.
So, the moral of my story? In this New Year, when you are making all those promises to yourself and looking for a 'new you', why not consider what you can do to give a little something back. Whether that is sponsoring someone, pushing themselves to raise money for a good cause or even challenging yourself to do something spectacular to help those in need.
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